CHAPTER IX. STATE RELIGION A PAGAN INSTITUTION 188

Christ’s Attitude toward the State--The Roman Conception of Religion as a Department of the State--Roman Civil Law Created and Regulated All Religious Duties--Effect of the Pagan Doctrine of Religious Syncretism on Christianity--The Emperor a Demi-God, Entitled to Worship, and, _ex officio_, the Supreme Authority in Religion--The Deep Corruption of Roman Morals and Social Life under Pagan State Religion.